Stay for wire fences.



H. LUEWENTHAL.

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APPLICATION FILED KAY 2, 1910.

Patented Apr. 16, 1912,

Jn yen for, l i a 'UNITED STA-'ras PATENT OFFICE.

HUGO LOEWENTHAL, 0F BUENCS AIRES, ARGENTINA, ASSIGNOR T0 SDDEUTSCHEDMHTINIJUSTRIE AKTIENGESEIJLSCHAFT, OF MANNHEIM-WALDHOF, GERMANY.

STAY FOR WIRE FENCES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 16, 1912.

Application filed May 2, 1910. Serial No. 558,967.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, 4HUGO LOEWENTHAL, merchant, and a resident of thecity of Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Stays for Wire Fences, of which the following isa specification.

The present invention relates to a novel stay for wire fences whichoffers considerable advantages over the types of fencing stays actuallyin use. Y

It is an essential feature of the present stay that the same consistssubstantially of a metallic coiled spring, ,combined with a rigid boltor pin and 'Means arranged at the ends of the said Spring and bolt rasp,which hold the stay in a vertical position, iixing at the same time allthe wires of the fencing. This arrangement permits of fixing in line thebarbed wires and allows at the same time of withdrawing and replacingagain the stays on the fence, without necessity of loosening the wiresand twisting the same, as is actually required in connection with thenotched stays which bend the wires in order to keep the same inposition. By using my stays, the wires may be stretched until thedesired tension is obtained without necessity of withdrawing the staysfrom the fencing, since, as has been stated above, the stays are securedto the wires without twisting nor deviating the same.

The accompanying drawings represent by way of example a stay inaccordance with my system, the same` being shown as applied to a wirefencing.

ln said drawings, Figure l shows a stay placed in position in a wirefencing. Fig. 2 represents, in a larger scale, a broken view inperspective of the stay, partially in section. Fig. 3. shows aperspectlve, 1n plan and section on the'line A-B of Fig. 2.

In these figures, 1 indicates the coiled spring, the ends of which areinserted into the ferrules 2 and Il, on the edges of which thesemi-conical notches 4 and 5 are provided, wherein engages respectivelythe nppcr and lower wire (i of the wire fencing. The coil as well as theferrules are crossed at their center by a rod or pin 7, the ends ofwhich are respectively formed by a head S and a screw 9. On said screw 9the ferrule 3 isscrewed as `well as a safety nut 10, for the purpose ofpreventing the ferrule from becoming unscrewed.

These new stays are readily placed into position.

After the wires bein duly stretched, the coiled spring is placevertically so that each of the wires enters into one of the spacesformed between the coils; in this condition the pin 7 and the upperferrule 2 are taken and passedA through the center of the coil 1 takingcare that the wires 6 get imprisoned or gripped between the pin or rodand the turns of the coil, in the manner shown in Fig. 2; after this thelower ferrule 3 and the nut 10 are screwed in place.

When placing the ferrules, care must be taken to insert the upper andlower wires into the notches 4 and 5.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of myinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed,

I declare that what I claim 'is 1. In a stay for wire fences, thecombination of a resilient coil, adapted to engage strands of a fencebetween its eonvolutions, a rigid rod passing through the interior ofthe coil and adapted to lock the fence strands within the convolutionsof said coil, and ferrules on said rod, into which the ends of said coilare inserted.

2. In a st-ay for wire fences, in combination a resilient coil, a rigidrod, arranged in the interior of the said coil and means for securingthe said coil to the upper and lower wire of the fence, consisting oftwo metallic ferrules, for retaining the ends of the coil, the fer-ruleshaving perforated bottoms and tapering notches on their edges, intowhich the uppermost and lowermost wires are placed, the whole beingrigidly held together by means of said rod which passes through theferrules and on to which rod a nut is screwed at its lower end.

Signed at Mannheim this 20th day of April, 1910.

HUGO LOEVVENTHAL. Witnesses:

ING. Fxurz BERG, ERNEST L. Ivns.

